Filing device for index-papers.



F. PAGHINGER.

.FILING DEVICE FOR INDEX PAPERS. urmp'umn FILED MB. 29, 1910.

973,964., Patented o r 25, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK PAGI-IINGER, F CLEVELAND, OIIIO, ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-FIVE. ONE HUN-DREIDTI-IS TO FRANK LUKAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FILING DEVICE FOR INDEX-PAPERS.

' To all whom it may concern: I

the like, and the invention consists in a de-' vice comprising a box,drawer or the like and a sliding follower or compress member of noveland original construction substantially as shown and described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box ordrawer with a portion of one side broken away to disclose the followertherein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional elevation of thebox or drawer and cross section of the follower, and F 8 is a crosssection of the drawer.

As thus shown the invention consists broadly in the box or drawer D andfollower or compress memberG. The drawer in this instance is ofrectangular shape with greater length than width and of a'suitable depthfor certain sizes of papers or cards or the like to be filed therein,but, obviously, the shape and size of the box or drawer may be variedaccording to the contents to be kept therein and may be made of wood ormetal or other suitable material and adapted to any preferred style ofcabinet or casing. However, whatever the style or fashion of the draweras such it is incomplete without a slot, channel or guideway 2lengthwise in its bottom between its ends, or, in other words extendingfrom front to rear. In this instance the construct-ion employed consistsof a slot 2 open through the bottom and center of the drawer with ashallow channel 3 outside running along both sides of said slot as seenin Fig. 3 and adapted to accommodate a slide plate or piece 4. I

The follower C is a double-sided member, having a main front part 5 anda rear sustaining part 6, and a bowed spring S of approximately U shapeunites said parts operatively together. The said slide 4 beneath thedrawer is connected with said spring through or by means of a screw orbolt 8, which passes through said plate and slot 2 Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1910.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Serial No. 558,498. a

into the bend of the spring and operatively connects said parts.

The said spring is fashioned preferably out of suitable spring steel,and besides being provided centrally in its bend with a threaded holefor screw 8 has other threaded holes in its respective ends or arms aand 6 through which it is secured to the sides of said follower sides orparts 5 and 6 by screws 9. The spring S is comparatively wide so that asingle sprin will provide all the hinge connection and support the saidfollower requires to'hold .the sides thereof in working relations witheach other and with the drawer. true by reason of the fact that saidfollower parts or sections extend the full width of ,the inside of thedrawer and are of greater depth in this instance than the drawer whilethey'restdirectly upon the bottom of the :drawer at their lower edges.=memberor part 6, however, has a rubber 'heel or strip 10 on its edgeengaging on the This is The brace floor of the drawer and serving tomake a locking engagement therewith to prevent possible slipping orsliding of the follower when it is under more or less heavy pressurefrom the front or against member 5.

Normally the parts hold the relation say as seen in Fig. 2 and arelocked therein through spring .S, the screw 8 becoming the fulcrum pointof the follower both for locking it in adjusted position and forshifting it to such position. Thus, suppose the front of the drawer tobe packed full of cards or the like which press backward against theface of front follower member 5. With the fulcrum at 8 and the springarm a bent back accordingly there would be an upward tightening pull onbolt 8 and a back pres sure on arm I) of the spring and proportionatedown pressure on the rubber heel 10 with consequent locking effect atall points. There'can be no sliding or slipping of the portion for thesereasons, however hard the back pressure may be upon the face of mem her5. But if adjustment of the partition be desired it is easily effectedby gripping the members 5 and 6 across their edges between the thumb andforefinger, Fig. 2, and pressing them toward each other at their edgesso as to release the lower edges of said members from the bottom of thedrawer. The screw 8 becomes the fulcrum of movement also in thisoperation, and when the said parts are gripped and pressed inward CIX tofree them from the bottom of the drawer it is easy to slide thepartition back or forth to any position desired.

The spring action alone is suflicient to lock the follower againstpossible sliding in the drawer, but when its arms are pressed towardeach other they operate as levers to lift the members 5 and 6 off theirengaging edges. Then an easy horizontal movement of the partition ispossible with the screw 8 and plate 4 as bottom guides. Having the bendof the spring come fairly near to the bottom of the drawer ratherfacilitates this movement or adjustment. Qtherwise said spring might behigher up on screw 8.

The main or front member 5 of the follower is shown as recessed on itsrear and top to accommodate the top edge of the rear member 6, under theshoulder 0 thereon and this serves to make a brace of the rear memberfor the front member under severe back pressure. This follower thereforeis pe culiar in that it is formed of two separate parts united by aspring and one part serving as a brace and lock for the other.

hat I claim is:

l. A filing receptacle having a slot lengthwise in its bottom, incombination with a follower therein consisting of two parts and a Ushaped spring interposed between the said parts and having a holecentrally in its bend, a slidable part on the outside of said slot and apin engaged with said part and in said hole in the spring andoperatively connecting the parts.

2. A filing drawer having a slot lengthwise through its bottom, atwo-part follower and a U shaped spring uniting said parts and havingits bend next over said slot, a slide beneath said slot and a screwconnecting the same through said slot with said spring, and the rearmember of the said follower provided with a clinging substance on itsengaging edge adapted to hold said member by contact with the surface ofthe floor in any adjusted position, the said parts of the follower beingconstructed to engage one with the other at their top portions.

3. A filing drawer having a slot through its bottom, in combination witha follower consisting of two opposed parts having flat sides andextending across said drawer from side to side, a spring uniting saidparts and means slidably connecting the said spring through said slotwith the under side of the drawer, one of said parts of the followerhaving a shoulder along its top and rear and the other of said partshaving a top edge adapted to engage beneath said shoulder and serve as abrace.

4. A filing drawer of rectangular shape having a flat bottom and a slotlengthwise through the same, in combination with a follower consistingof two fiat sided parts substantially the full width of said drawer andresting on the bottom thereof, a U shaped spring uniting the sides ofsaid follower, a slidable plate beneath the bottom of said drawer and ascrew through said plate and slot engaged in the bend of said spring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK PACHINGER.

Witnesses:

E. M. FISHER, F. G. MUSSUN.

